Opinion

Egumire August 2, 2021

In a telephone conversation, Nicole shared with me her honest opinion about the lockdown, she felt that it should continue a little longer because the same has created an environment for her to enjoy the presence of her parents, in somewhat a jocose voice, she continued to say that this lockdown should be used by […]

Egumire July 21, 2021

The Role of the Parliamentary Opposition By Norbert Mao The official opposition is the main non-government party in Parliament. It is the second biggest party or coalition of parties voted into parliament. The opposition is expected to provide an alternative to government policies or actions. The job of the opposition is thus to scrutinize the […]

Egumire July 21, 2021

What distinguishes civil servants from other government employees is one of allegiance civil servant serve the State (the central government) not the person who appoints them. They’re answerable to the government, not a political party. The question to be considered is whether in the discharge of their duties, RDCs conduct themselves in the manner civil […]

Egumire July 21, 2021

I convey my greetings to all the Youth in our party – the Democratic Party. Since 2010 theparty has been on a path to mainstream the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) as the official Youth Organ ofthe party. An incessant and often divisive debate raged in the party for years with the aim of mainstreamingthe UYD […]

Egumire June 2, 2021

We are forgeting the bigger picture, the problem of Uganda though being part of it, is not President Museveni but rather the system that he has built over time that is now sustaining him in power, this system can sustain another despot who can even be worse than the incumbent. My opinion is that, it […]

Egumire June 2, 2021

Today, we have sent off a member of the SDA Church and also a brother-in-law of our family in Osupa village, Pallisa Town Council in Pallisa District who succumbed to COVID-19 last night. Muko Samwiri would be living if we had an oxygen facility in Pallisa General Hospital but because the health workers were unable […]